Miter-box attachment



W. A. 'EITELBUSS.

MITER BOX ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION, FILED DEC. I4, 1918.

1,333, 103.. Patented Mar. 9,1920.

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To rilkwhomit'may concern Be it known that I, WARD A. Errnuaossa';

I citizen of theiUnited States, residing. atfSt.

Johns, inthecounty of Clinton and State of'Michiganyh-ave invented cer-tain'new and useful Improvements in. Miter-Box Attachments, of which the following. is a spec'ifi cation. 1. p

Thisinventionhasreference generally to; improvements in attachments for miter-boxes and more; particularly rel-ates to aboard The invention has for itsprinc'ipalai-m and object to provide a deviceof the above: mentioned character designed to be: used in conjunction witha miter. box: to serve as a rest forlong pieces of material, molding,

casings, et cetera, at'the timethe latter are being lcutand is; capable of being attached .di-rectly tothe-xend of a miterbox onto the i work-benchin .sp aoedrelation to the :n'aiter'v box; i: a

More particularly. this invention embraces the provision of. a device-of the abovemen tjionedcharacter whereinthe base o-fthe attachment is formedwith a guardand has ported so that the roller will have its upper? surface positioned and substantially flush '{witlith'e upper face of the'miter boxsoas miter box. .35

not to interfere with an effective use of the It is a more specific object of this inven tion' to provide a device. of the abovementioned character wherein the component partsare of novel construction and are relatively adjustable so that when not-in use the device may be placed in a small compact form so as to only occupy a minimum amount of space in a tool box or the like.

Among the otheraims and objects of this invention may be recited the provision of a device of the above mentioned character wherein the number ofparts are compara-. tively few, the construction simple, the cost of production low and the efficiency high.

Other objects as well as the nature, characteristic features and scope of this invention will be more readily apparent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and

pointed out in. the claims, forming a part of this specification.

' Mirna-3px AT frAicnnENr} specificationjof Lettersiiatent, Patented Mar;91920. Application'filedDecembei- M, 191st. Seria1;1o. 2 66,768-.

f The; invention is aeai zanamaa in the aCQQmpanymg. drawings, in which Figure ,is' a: perspective view showing arrangement of the parts whenthedevic e is attached-toe workbench or the-like and -in. v

spaced relation to a miter box. 7 Fig. 3; is; transverse sectional view through thedevice, and

showing .the' roller mounting. ployed in all of the above described views, to. ndlcate corresponding-parts; Y Referring now, more particularly, to the- Fig. 1 .is a. longitudinal sectional Similar characters of, reference are -e m-.

accompanying drawings there is provided a base 1; which-may. be and preferably fis v formed Ofmetal while the upper surface is providedwith a. longitudinally extending anditransversely curved bottomed groove; V

for a purpose that willjpresen-tly appear.

relatively short bearing standard. 3.} is" formed integral with one end ofthe base whilejan upright-guard mi i is formed i n- V tegral with the opposite end of the base. andis provided with abearing. opening 5' OPpO-j.

site. to the openingflin the bearingstandard 3. 1 A. roller 6 ;is journaled in the bearing.

and thegnardarm and;.ha's-its lowermost.

isfstationary' being desirably journaled in .po t o r'lisposi dtwithimand ar ang d 1:. I 'closelyfspaced relation with the bottom of the-groove ()ne trunnion 7 of the roller trunnion8 is in the form of a setscrew, the

outermost portion of the shank of which is threaded as at 9 and detachably engaged in 'a correspondingly threaded recess 10 in the adjacent end: of the roller, the inner portion V p v v p of thei'shank being journaled in the opening 5 while the knurled head '11 on the outer ends of the shankffacilitates the application of the. trunnion andby this arrangement it is apparentthat the roller can be removed when desired. 7

The base is also provided with transversely exendingwopenings 12, .through which are passed fastening devices 13 designed for engagement with the adja ent end edge of a miter box 14, only aportion ofwhich is shown, for the supporting of thebase andfthe maintenance of the upper surface of the roller substantiallyfiush with the upper surface of the miter box to facili v tate the adjustment of a board or other piece of material (not shown), asis ape arent. As intimated,"the device hasbeen, d igned so that it is capable of being imported independently of the miter box- 111 spaced relation thereto.

feature of the invention to practice, there is employed a stand which consists of 'coacting arched supporting members and 16, the medial portion l'z'of'the member 15 is connetted tothe under surface as by suitable of this member serve as legs 19 and termr nate in outwardly projecting attaching feet 20; The medial portion 21 ofthe .rnember 16 is swiveled at a point intermediate its, ends to the under surface of 3 the media] portionl'? as bya'bolt 21, the head22 -of which is countersunk in the upper" face of the member or portion 17 r preparatory-to the attaching of this portion to the base. The

' side portions of'the member 16 constitute attaching and supporting legs 23*and are 3 designed to lie in close relation withthein-i ner surfaces of the legs 19 when the medial portions aline-with each other and when, the

device is not in; use so that it will only oc-' cupy a minimum amount of space and may F be easily accommodated in atool 'kit or box as is apparently Onthe other hand, when.

the member l'S is'arranged'at right angles to the memberlfithe legs 23 willcoac-t with the legs 19in properly supporting the base.- A suitable clamping element such as a wing" v v nut :24 is employedandis engaged with the depending threaded portion-of the bolt 21 forclamping the members 15 and 16 in their I, relative positions oft-adjustment, as isvap 40 parent.

' Itis believed inlview of foregoing de-' scriptiojn that a further 'detailed description In reducing this fastening screws 18 while the side portions of the operation of the inventionfis entirely unnecessary. Likewise, it is believed that the advantages of the invention will be readily apparent."

,Still further embodiments of the inventionthan those herein especially defined may beiresorted to as conditions or preference may dictate, as may be in keeping with the heretojappended claims.

- Having thus, fully described the invention what is'claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is;v

,1. Agdevice of the character described,

'comprisin'g a pair .of inverted substantially" U shap'ed supports, one fitted Within the other, a clamp'pivotally connecting the interfitted supports medially of the same,

whereby the supportscan be" moved in cross I relation to each other or into alinement with one another, a base fixed to one of the supports and having'a-short bearing standard and a relatively long bearing standard rising therefrom, a vroller .journalediin' said standards parallel with the base, and fasten' V ers carried in the base for permitting the attachment thereof to a miter box. 1 y y In testimony whereof I' aflix my signature hereto; v

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